Iain MacGregor

Very excited to be publishing this book in August. Paul Mason is one of the UK's best political journalists and media commentators. REDS is a huge undertaking as a historian and writer. It's a brilliant narrative. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Down to Rotherhithe last night for beers in #TheMayflower - close to where the Pilgrims originally set off for Southampton to then sail to the New World in the summer of 1620.

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Norman, Stanley, Fletcher ...

A very wet trip down to the Essex coast to give my first talk of the year at #ReadOnSea bookshop in Leigh-on-Sea. Lovely place, intimate crowd who asked loads of good questions (and bought books!😉)

It's hilarious that they're pretending Tom Homan is some kind of voice of calm and reason. He looks and sounds like someone who would be hitting Dick Tracy's knees with a hammer

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Una perspectiva novedosa de la batalla de Stalingrado que marcó el principio del fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial 💥

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Almost a silver sheen to the #Thames this morning. Ice underfoot and a very peaceful calm to everyone walking to work. HNY #London.

Love the paperback cover of #TheHiroshimaMen out from @littlebrown.bsky.social this summer. @waterstones.bsky.social @JohnsonAlcock This August is the 80th anniversary of the iconic expose from #WWII war correspondent & Pulitzer novelist #JohnHersey on the survivors published in @newyorker.com

Restocking vinyl for Christmas (original taken by an old ex girlfriend) and this beauty getting a run out as we pack up decorations this morning. #Police #Sting

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HNY! Have the best 2026 possible.

I think I was excited to be promised we'd watch ELF after Christmas dinner.

If you want to feel you're in #CharlesDickens London, then watching the latest version of #AChristmasCarole in the atmosphere of Alexandra Palace is the place. Very well staged & Neil Morrissey excellent as Jacob Marley.

'As convoluted and deadly as the plot of a novel by John le Carre, but all too real' @dailymail.co.uk #BerlinWall Great pressie for the #ColdWar enthusiast in your life at Christmas time! Listen to my appearance about it on @therestishistory.bsky.social @coldwarpod.bsky.social

He did need a bigger boat!

The drive from Strontian to Lochaline in Morven is stunning. Now at the Ionian Cross at Kreil Church, overlooking the Sound of Mull.

No highlands coo was injured (or decapitated) in the making of this hotel Christmas decoration.

Since Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his royal standard here at #Glenfinnan, on the shores of Loch Shiel in 1745, only two other pretenders have been more embarrassing: Ally McLeod 'We'll win it!' at the '78 World Cup; & David Steel's 'Go home and prepare for government!'. #Hubris

Walked from Kinlochleven in Lochaber to the top of the Devil's Staircase overlooking Glen Coe, and then back. Poured with rain but good fun.

Beginning to feel a lot like Christmas ...

Still one of my regular re-reads over Christmas. Characters are fascinating and the storyline surreal.

Dark skies but what a view for a morning coffee.

Beware of impeachment ...

Two years since he sadly passed away. RIP Benjamin Zephaniah. A good man. Hugely enjoyed working with him on his memoir. What a life. Loved his cakes when signing copies, too. British culture is poorer without him.

Ah, this photo. My dad always wanted to take me winter fishing on nearby Loch Sunart on #Ardnamurchan. We never caught anything, EVER, but the penny dropped many years later that he simply wanted to share time.

London in winter is so mesmeric. #Thames #StPaulsCathedral

Loved writing this. So many characters and legal history to capture.

The long shadow of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials In the courtrooms of Nuremberg and Tokyo, the victorious Allies declared that civilisation must not merely win wars but also judge them, leaving a legal and moral legacy that persists to this day.

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The Tartan Army meeting ICE at #WorldCupUSA should make interesting viewing.